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  • British Billy gets ready for Wimbledon Fortnight

    I know it's getting near to Wimbledon Fortnight, because I noticed on my daily patrols the strawberries are ripening in the garden. Whether it is scorching sunshine or pouring rain - and both are possible within the same hour in the U.K. - the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships form an essential

  • British Billy explains the Trooping of the Colour

    I am not one of those cats who enjoys getting dressed up. I spend copious amounts of time on personal grooming, but I draw the line at costumes. However, pomp and pageantry are part of the fabric of British ceremonial life, and the Queen's birthday parade, traditionally known as Trooping the Colour,

  • Personal Financial Management is everyone's responsibility

    After moving 10 different times in my military career, I know that this time of year can be very stressful on your pocketbook. Between buying new items to get settled and paying the down-payments involved when you arrive, it makes for a time when pinching pennies becomes very important. As with any

  • World Cup Billy

    The nearest I generally get to playing football is the occasional well-aimed fur ball. "The beautiful game," as it is known, courtesy of the great Brazilian striker, Pele, is not normally something on which I expend a great deal of thought or time. However, the coming weeks are ones in which

  • Donate to save a life

    So often there are opportunities on base to volunteer for something. Sometimes it involves putting on a reflective vest and standing at a cross walk, at other times you may be setting up for an event, but I remember something I did that literally took five minutes of my time and I never thought that

  • British Billy and the Royal Family: Prince Philip

    I am asked many questions on the topic of the British royal family, and usually when I answer one, it just leads to another. One of my American friends had been watching a television news item on the state opening of Parliament this week, and there was our Queen, resplendent in her royal regalia,

  • Be Green--It is good for RAF Lakenheath and the Earth

    Earlier this month, we celebrated Earth Day at RAF Lakenheath. We were able to collect over 10 tons of materials for recycling. This is an amazing number and goes to show the very large impact our base community can have in the local area. I'd like to encourage you to think about recycling and

  • UPDATE - Action Line: More cash registers when paying for gas

    Updated action line response:AAFES apologizes for the delay in completing this work. Since the time of publication, AAFES has encountered unforeseen challenges in adding another payment window at Lakenheath Shoppette with Gas. All work for the additional register to include adding additional

  • Action Line: Education Center Parking Lot

    COMPLAINT:I want to start by saying how great the new directional pavement markings and signs are in the commissary parking lot. I think it's much safer for everyone shopping there. Would it be possible to do a similar thing in the Education Center parking lot, the one on the side closest to Burger

  • Expanded digital access requires same common sense

    Social networking sites are open to Air Force servicemembers and employees in the workplace. This change to policy has raised many questions about using social media officially and personally in the workplace.But when you get right down to it, little has changed. The rules established for Internet